Lindy 70548 User Manual

RAID SATA II – 3Gbps

4 Ports PCI-X Host

User Manual

English

LINDY No. 70548 (External)

LINDY No. 70549 (Internal)

www.LINDY.com

© LINDY ELECTRONICS LIMITED & LINDY-ELEKTRONIK GMBH - FIRST EDITION (November 2004)

1. Introduction

This RAID SATA II –3Gbps 4Ports PCI-X Host Adapter is a PCI to 4Ports Serial ATA host

controller board. It provides a 64bit, 133 MHz PCI interface on the host side and four,

fully compliant Serial ATA II – 3Gbps ports on the device side to access SATA Hard disk

drive.

The board can be used to upgrade your desktop computer to have 4Ports Serial

ATA II – 3Gbps Channels and support RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 features. It

accepts host commands through the PCI bus, processes them and transfers data

between the host and Serial ATA devices. The board should be connected to SATA

target device and will take the data, serialize it and output it for transmission over

the SATA interface. The board can control four independent Serial ATA channels. Each

channel has its own Serial ATA bus and will support one Serial ATA device.

The board supports Serial ATA Generation 1 & Generation 2 transfer rate of 1.5 Gbps /

3Gbps. It comes completely with drivers for Windows 2003, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000

and XP.

RAID, Redundant Array of Independent Disks, greatly enhances two main areas of data

storage: performance and data integrity. By using RAID 0, also known as Striping,

performance of sustained data transfer rates is greatly enhanced by simultaneously

writing data to 2, 3 or 4 drives. The second benefit of RAID is data redundancy. RAID 1,

Mirroring, writes identical data on two drives or sets of drives, thus protecting the data from

a disk failure. If, for any reason, one drive were to fail, your data is secure and available

from the mirrored second drive.

1.1. Features

1.1.1. PCI Interface

Compliant with PCI Specification, revision 2.2.

Integrated PCI DMA engines.

64 bit, 133MHz fully compliant PCI host interface.

1.1.2. High Speed Serial ATA Interface

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Four high speed Serial ATA interface ports, each supporting 1st generation &

2nd generation Serial ATA data rates 1.5Gbps/ 3Gbps.

Provides RAID 0 (Stripping) to greatly increase the performance of data

transfer by simultaneously writing data to 2 drives.

Provides RAID 1 (Mirroring) to protect the data from a disk failure by writing

identical data on 2 drives.

RAID 0+1 (Mirrored-Stripping) combine both Striping and Mirroring technologies to

provide both the performance enhancements that come from Striping and the data

availability and integrity that comes from Mirroring.

Fully compliant with Serial ATA specifications.

Supports Spread Spectrum in receiver.

1.1.3. The Individual features for different HBA Models

1.1.3.1. Model A: Serial ATA II – 3Gbps RAID Internal 4 Ports

Supports Independent four Internal Ports

Special Shield and durable SATA connectors on each Internal Port

1.1.3.2. Model B: Serial ATA II – 3Gbps RAID External 4 Ports

Supports Independent four External Ports

Special SATA II connectors on External Port to support Mobile HDD, Mobile

CD-ROM, Mobile DVD and Mobile CD-RW

1.2. Package Contents

RAID SATA II – 3Gbps 4Ports PCI Host Adapter

This Users Manual

Driver CD

2. What Is RAID

RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks

RAID technology manages multiple disk drives to enhance I/O performance and provide

redundancy in order to withstand the failure of any individual member, without loss of

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data. This card provides two RAID Set types, Striped (RAID 0) and Mirrored (RAID 1).

Disk Striping (RAID 0)

Striping is a performance-oriented, non-redundant data mapping technique. While Striping

is discussed as a RAID Set type, it is actually does not provide fault tolerance. With

modern SATA bus mastering technology, multiple I/O operations can be done in parallel,

enhancing performance. Striping arrays use multiple disks to form a larger virtual disk.

Disk Mirroring (RAID 1)

Disk mirroring creates an identical twin for a selected disk by having the data simultaneously

written to two disks. This redundancy provides instantaneous protection from a single disk

failure. If a read failure occurs on one drive, the system reads the data from the other

drive.

Mirrored-Striping (RAID 0+1 also known as RAID 10)

A Mirrored-Striping Set does just what it says, combining both Striping and Mirroring

technologies to provide both the performance enhancements that come from Striping

and the data availability and integrity that comes from Mirroring. When data is written to a

Mirrored-Striped Set, instead of creating just one virtual disk as Striping would do, a

second, Mirrored virtual disk is created as well.

3. BIOS Installation ( RAID Setting )

Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS. During boot up, the RAID

setting message will appear and pause for a few moments to allow the user to choose what

to do. This board will act as normal NON-RAID card when BIOS not configured for RAID.

Just proceed to Software Installation section directly. If you use traditional parallel ATA

HDD, make sure your hard drives be set up as master mode before the RAID setting.

3.1. Creating Striped Sets (RAID 0)

1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.

2. Select Create RAID set. Press Enter.

3. Select Stripe then press Enter.

4. Select Auto configuration. Press Enter.

5. Press Y to save your settings.

6. Press CTRL+E and then press Y to exit the setup.

7. Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you are installing a conventional

hard drive.

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8. Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to software installation section.

3.2. Creating Mirrored Sets (RAID 1)

1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.

2. Select Create RAID set. Press Enter.

3. Select Mirrored then press Enter.

4. Select Auto configuration. Press Enter.

5. Press Y to save your settings.

6. Press CTRL+E and then press Y to exit the setup.

7. Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you are installing a conventional

hard drive.

8.Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to software installation section.

3.3. Creating a Mirrored-Striped Set

1. As the BIOS boots, press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.

2. Select Create RAID set. Press F2.

3. Select Mirrored-Striped set then press F3.

4. Select Auto config. Press A.

5. Press Y and then press ESC to exit the setup.

6. Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you are installing a conventional

hard drive.

7.Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to software installation section.

3.4. Deleting RAID Sets

1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.

2. Select Delete RAID set. Press Enter.

3. Answer Y to remove the RAID set. If the RAID set being deleted is a Striped set, then all of

the data will be lost. If the set being deleted is a Mirrored set, then the data will remain

intact and accessible on both drives.

3.5. Rebuilding Mirrored Sets

1. After replacing the failed hard drives boot the BIOS, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the

raid bios utility.

2. Select rebuilding Mirrored set. Press Enter.

3. Select Online rebuild or Offline rebuild.

4. Answer Y to rebuild the Mirrored set of hard drive.

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3.5. Resolving Conflict

When a RAID set is created, the metadata written to the disk includes drive connection

information (Primary and Secondary). If, after a disk failure, the replacement disk was

previously part of a RAID set (or used in another system), it may have conflicting

metadata, specifically in reference to the drive connection information. If so, this

will prohibit the RAID set from being either created or rebuilt, In order for the RAID set

to function properly, this old metadata must be first overwritten with the new metadata.

To resolve this, select Resolve Conflicts, and the correct metadata, including the correct

drive connection information, will be written to the replacement disk.

4. Software Installation

This section provides the information on how to install the drivers of RAID SATA II – 3Gbps

4Ports PCI Host Adapter for the Windows operating systems:

4.1. Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000/XP Fresh Installation

Follow the instructions in this section if you are performing a new installation
of Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000/XP, and you wish to boot from a device
attached to the HBA.

1. Power off the system. Connect the hard drives to the HBA and insert the HBA

into a PCI slot. Power up the system.

2. Put your Windows NT/2000/XP CD into the CD-ROM/DVD drive, or the

NT/2000/XP boot diskette #1 in the floppy drive if your system cannot boot from

the CD.

3. Press F6 for third party SCSI or driver installation at the beginning

of text mode installation. Press 's' when setup asks if you want to

specify an additional device, and insert the enclosed Driver CD.

Press 'Enter' and select ' E:\ SATAII 3Gbps_Raid_4Port \ SiI3124 \ Win

XP_2000_2003_NT \ Drivers '

4. Press 'Enter' to continue on with text mode setup.

5. Follow the setup instructions to select your choice for partition and file system.

6. After setup examines your disks, it will copy files to Windows 2000 installation

folders and restart the system. The setup program will continue and finish the

installation after restart.

7. Wait until Windows 2000 finishes installing devices, regional settings,

networking settings, components, and final set of tasks, reboot the system if it is

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required.

8. See instructions in section 4.4 to verify HBA was installed correctly.

4.2. Adding the HBA to an existing Windows NT Installation

Follow the instructions in this section to install this HBA on a system already
running Windows NT 4.0.

1. Power off the system. Connect the hard drives to the HBA and insert the HBA into a

PCI slot. Power up the system.

2. After OS boots up, Click 'Start'

3. Under 'Settings', click 'Control Panel'.

4. Select 'SCSI Adapters' from the Control Panel.

5. Select the 'Drivers' tab and click 'Add'.

6. Click 'Have Disk'.

7. Insert the enclosed Driver CD: and press 'Enter'.

8. Choose ' E:\ SATAII 3Gbps_Raid_4Port \ SiI3124 \ Win XP_2000_2003_NT \

Drivers ' and click 'OK'.

9. See instructions in section 4.4 to verify controller was installed correctly.

4.3. Adding the HBA to an existing Windows 2000/XP

Installation

Follow the instructions in this section to install the driver on a system already
running Windows 2000.

1. Power off the system. Connect the hard drives to the HBA and insert the HBA into a

PCI slot. Power up the system.

2. During OS boot up, Windows 2000 will display the 'Found New Hardware Wizard'.

Click 'Next'.

3. Select 'Search for a suitable driver for my device (Recommended)' and Click 'Next'.

4. Insert the Driver CD in your CD-ROM/DVD drive, check Specify a location, uncheck

the other boxes, click Next, type in E:\ (If your CD-ROM/DVD is E:\). Click Browse.

5. Points specify a location, example E:\ SATAII 3Gbps_Raid_4Port \ SiI3124 \ Win

XP_2000_2003_NT \ Drivers , click Open then OK.

6. When the wizard indicates that it found a driver for the device click 'Next'.

7. If the 'Digital Signature Not Found' dialog appears, click 'Yes' to continue installing the

driver.

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8. The wizard will now copy the required files to the system and start the driver. After

starting the driver the wizard will display a completion dialog, click 'Finish' to exit the

wizard.

9. See instructions in section 4.4 to verify controller was installed correctly.

4.4. Verifying HBA installation under Windows NT, 2000 and XP

For Windows 2000/XP

1. Right click on 'My Computer' icon, select 'Properties', left click on 'Hardware' tab, and

then on 'Device Manager' button.

2. Double click on 'SCSI and RAID Controllers', If there is no yellow '! ' or ' ? ' in front of

'Silicon Image SiI 3124 SATARaid Controller', the driver is started correctly.

3. To view information about the devices attached to the controller, use the SiICfg

Utility and click on the device from the list.

For Windows NT 4.0

1. Double click on 'My Computer' icon, select 'Control Panel', click on 'SCSI Adapters' icon,

'Silicon Image SiI 3124 SATARaid Controller' should displayed correctly under 'Device'

and 'Driver' tab.

2. To view information about the devices attached to the controller, use the SiICfg

Utility and click on the device from the list.

4.5. Update new RAID driver on Windows NT 4.0 with existing

old driver

1. After OS boots up, Click 'Start'

2. Under 'Settings', click 'Control Panel'.

3. Select 'SCSI Adapters' from the Control Panel.

4. Select the 'Drivers' tab and click 'Add'.

5. Click 'Have Disk'.

6. Insert the Driver CD in your CD-ROM/DVD drive and press 'Enter'.

7. Choose ' E:\ SATAII 3Gbps_Raid_4Port \ SiI3124 \ Win XP_2000_2003_NT \

Drivers ' and click 'OK'.

8. Refer to instructions in section 4.4 to verify controller was installed correctly.

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4.6. Update new RAID driver on Windows 2000/XP with existing

old driver

1. Right click on 'My Computer' and select 'Properties'. Under the 'System Properties'

section, click on 'Hardware' tab, and then on 'Device Manager' click 'SCSI and RAID

Controller' and right click 'Silicon Image Ultra-133 Medley ATA Raid Controller'.

2. Click 'Driver' ,'Update Driver' and select 'Search for a suitable driver for my

device[Recommended]'. Insert the Driver CD in your CD-ROM/DVD drive.

Click 'Next' and complete the driver installation.

3. System will go through the enumeration process and install the driver. At the end of the

process, click 'Yes' to reboot your system when necessary.

4. See instructions in section 4.4 to verify controller was installed correctly.

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This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

Operation is subject to the followin

(1) this device may not cause harmful interference,

and (2) this device must accept any interference

received, includin

undesired operations.

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interference that may cause

two conditions: